Chemical station (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. themed map) - Developers

[TABLE="width: 1000"] [TR] [TD][release] [TABLE="class: grid, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/44722719/ChemStat/Banner.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE="align: center"] [TR] [TD]Progress: 35%[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]ABOUT[/B] This is not a Stalker map. It is themed with a similar environment, inspired by Stalker. It also uses a few models ported from Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. It is a practice map. I've barely passed 150 hours in Hammer Editor, and this is merely my second map. It can be used for Machinima making, posing, RP, building. Whatever you well please. [B]MEDIA[/B] (Waning: these might be out of date) Demo; [video=youtube;hLTeWxsLxH4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLTeWxsLxH4[/video] [HR][/HR] Screenshots; [TABLE="class: grid"] [TR] [TD][img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649876689827251870/9254F20861B6D2F3EA83BF8E43666D0102A9555B/[/img_thumb][/TD] [TD][img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649876689827245832/E615A90939875CD8F6544783555088251E96CECC/[/img_thumb][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649876689827250150/CCD772DD60DF2F5BBC34707A10B6431560EACDD6/[/img_thumb][/TD] [TD][img_thumb]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649876689844624830/E45511F8F1516D596DB96536AC2162F181D2004E/[/img_thumb][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/release] [HR][/HR] Timeline with scrapped versions / old versions:[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

That radioactive damage could be much less. Unless you're blocking your map with it.

[QUOTE=oskutin;34246353]That radioactive damage could be much less. Unless you're blocking your map with it.[/QUOTE] I am. Tried to keep it varied, so that one side is blocked by buildings, another by water, another by the environment and some by radioactivity.

I have been mapping for a year and I am not that good. Why D: Great map though.

Cool, can't wait for the map to be released. More exterior would certainly be cool.

Add some smoke volume in the outdoor areas

heavily damaged areas should have fitting anomalies in them. collapsed places = gravitational burned = burners and ofcourse other anomalies in other places, such as electros in tight indoor areas. and the inside of the plant itself should ofcourse be FILLED with chemical anomalies.

[QUOTE=comet1337;34272529]heavily damaged areas should have fitting anomalies in them. collapsed places = gravitational burned = burners and ofcourse other anomalies in other places, such as electros in tight indoor areas. and the inside of the plant itself should ofcourse be FILLED with chemical anomalies.[/QUOTE] I actually haven't played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. more then 15 minutes. I walked up, heard the wind and saw the environment, felt inspired, quit and made this map. V:v:V

-snippy-

[QUOTE=mac338;34272533]I actually haven't played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. more then 15 minutes. I walked up, heard the wind and saw the environment, felt inspired, quit and made this map. V:v:V Expect major progress in my next post. (Inside area, sorry to disappoint)[/QUOTE] I'm excited to see how you do with interiors! The outside is really nice so far

Looks great so far, I cant believe how quickly you learned hammer.

[QUOTE=Stinger21;34304553]Looks great so far, I cant believe how quickly you learned hammer.[/QUOTE] Mostly thanks to you! :dance: Seriously though, thanks for teaching me half the shit I know in Hammer.

Looks very good :P

Looks promising, but you really should go play STALKER more before working on the map. Also that radioactive sign looks bad, i'm fairly certain the one from the game has already been ported.

[QUOTE=Loen;34304937]Looks promising, but you really should go play STALKER more before working on the map. [b]Also that radioactive sign looks bad[/b], i'm fairly certain the one from the game has already been ported.[/QUOTE] Thanks :P

[QUOTE=Loen;34304937]that radioactive sign looks bad[/QUOTE] Oh man that's like the only thing Stinger made on the map (minus the texture) That aside, updated the OP with some newer pictures. I scrapped the inside bit. It would've looked like this; [video=youtube;ZEuSLLJeXVo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEuSLLJeXVo[/video] Next up; Photograph some bricks, make some decals, finish larger outside village area.

4:00 that repeating wall texture doesn't fit

Good progress made!

Add a few crows around. It would make the map slightly more alive. And in STALKER, you would always see a flock of crows around you. In fact, in a blowout, those little thuds that you hear are all the crows around you dying all at once. :v:

Change that banister from the combine prop. I would just suggest making it out of brushes. Reduce the lighting in the train tunnels some more, train tunnels aren't that lit up. Aside from those niggles, absolutely fantastic map. 1:18, when the generator room came alive, was amazingly done. The atmosphere from 0:20-0:40 was really good, you got the flicker and darkness just right. Of course, the outside is wonderfully atmospheric; you've done a good job replicating that feeling of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Agreeing with the crows. [editline] aw shit [/editline] Also, just realized, your signs should be in Ukrainian/Russian, not English.

[QUOTE=Tinn;34364872]Add a few crows around. It would make the map slightly more alive. And in STALKER, you would always see a flock of crows around you. In fact, in a blowout, those little thuds that you hear are all the crows around you dying all at once. :v:[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=wizardsbane;34369796]Change that banister from the combine prop. I would just suggest making it out of brushes. Reduce the lighting in the train tunnels some more, train tunnels aren't that lit up. Aside from those niggles, absolutely fantastic map. 1:18, when the generator room came alive, was amazingly done. The atmosphere from 0:20-0:40 was really good, you got the flicker and darkness just right. Of course, the outside is wonderfully atmospheric; you've done a good job replicating that feeling of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Agreeing with the crows. [editline] aw shit [/editline] Also, just realized, your signs should be in Ukrainian/Russian, not English.[/QUOTE] Guys, I'm sorry to disappoint but if you looked a bit closer on my post you would've seen this; [QUOTE]I scrapped the inside bit. It would've looked like this;[/QUOTE] It [I]doesn't[/I] have the train tunnels, but it DOES have crows flying around now. It looks more like this now; [video=youtube;hLTeWxsLxH4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLTeWxsLxH4[/video] Only I've started on the village on the outside part. First house looks like this, only more updated since I took the screenshot; [IMG]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649876689864704082/B6949B2AE675A2AB3C941C3D381E0CEB33A9364E/[/IMG] Don't worry about the plainness and the ugliness, I'm addressing that when I've made all the houses in the small village-ish thing.

those are some thick walls you got there.

Go offline on friends when recording a video.

Aw, pffsch, it's not like the videos are trailers or anything, just casual demos.

Man, I love the detail on this map! I'll probably use this for posing as soon when this is released.

[QUOTE=Firegod522;34372017]Go offline on friends when recording a video.[/QUOTE] Or just swear at them in the middle of a tutorial.

[QUOTE=IronPhoenix;34372649]Or just swear at them in the middle of a tutorial.[/QUOTE] ala me

Pretty Good

Thanks for the kind words guys. I should remind you this is Stalker themed, not Stalked based. It's not actually related to Stalker, just loosely based on the design of Stalker.

I ask if you could name the light_Environment. If you could do that, it would allow us to control the lighting with lua, so we could make a dynamic day/night cycles.